Crime News Consumption and Fear of Violence: The Role of Traditional Media, Social Media, and Alternative Information Sources

Näsi, Matti; Tanskanen, Maiju Aliisa; Kivivuori, Janne; Haara, Paula; Reunanen, Esa

doi:10.1177/0011128720922539

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“…We find that social media has become a necessity. Employees use social media to get information (109)(110)(111) about peers, superiors, bosses and the organization. For this purpose, they follow social media timeline of their workmates and other people of interest.…”

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The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

Kanwal

Isha

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundSocial media activities affect every aspect of human life, be it personal, social or professional. Previous studies have confirmed the role of social media in affecting health in terms of releasing stress and providing social support. Increased occupational health disorders and increased time spent on social media activities motivate us to investigate this phenomenon in the context of occupational health. Therefore, the objective of this study is to measure the effects of social media activities related to personal and social life as well as work-life on health and wellbeing of office employees, on their job efforts and job rewards, and in moderating the effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing.MethodsInitially, to develop constructs related to social media activities, web-based structured interviews were conducted with five office employees working in the oil and gas industry for the last 5 years. Then, using an online questionnaire survey, data was collected from 424 office employees working in the oil and gas industry in Malaysia. Using statistical software for social science (SPSS) and Smart PLS, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were conducted to identify reliability and validity (discriminant validity, convergent validity and composite validity) of the constructs. Following this, path analysis was conducted and the moderating effects were identified.ResultsSocial media activities related to work-life decrease health and wellbeing by 11% and weaken the negative effect of effort-reward-imbalance on health and wellbeing by 17.6% at a 1% level of significance. The results of social media activities related to personal and social life strengthen the negative effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing by 12% and negatively affects health and wellbeing and job rewards by 13, 55%, respectively. The direct effect of effort-reward imbalance and job efforts is significantly negative on health and wellbeing by 59 and 10%, respectively.ConclusionIt is concluded that social media activities of the office employees significantly moderate the effect of effort-reward imbalance on health and wellbeing and intervene in job rewards in the organizations. Hence, the effect of social media activities reduces the health and wellbeing of office employees.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

Kanwal

Isha

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Uit voorgaand wetenschappelijk onderzoek (bijv. Ditton et al, 2004;Näsi et al, 2021) blijkt dat media een substantiële rol spelen in het ontstaan en onderhouden van angst voor criminaliteit. Op basis van onze studie kunnen we besluiten dat er een relatie bestaat tussen de gepercipieerde prevalentie van fake news en mijdgedrag, al gaat het niet om een sterke relatie.…”

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If it was shared on Facebook and Twitter, then it must be true. Een kwantitatief onderzoek naar de relatie tussen fake news en angst voor criminaliteit

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Snaphaan²,

Hardyns³

2021

Tijdschrift Voor Veiligheid

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Media vormen een belangrijke informatiebron voor burgers over criminaliteit. Dit onderzoek toont aan dat mediaberichtgeving en angst voor criminaliteit niet losstaan van elkaar. Aangezien fakenewsberichten zich via (sociale) media verspreiden, rijst de vraag wat de relatie is tussen (de perceptie van) fake news en angst voor criminaliteit. Vooralsnog werd hieromtrent geen grootschalig en representatief onderzoek gevoerd. Deze studie baseert zich op een representa tieve bevolkingsbevraging (n = 1566) uit 2019. Deze verkennende studie toont een kleine maar significante relatie tussen de gepercipieerde prevalentie van fake news en angst voor criminaliteit. InleidingSinds de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen van 2016 is fake news alomtegenwoordig. Fakenewsberichten verschenen massaal in het voor-of nadeel van presidentskandidaten om kiezers te winnen. Door de snelle groei van het internet en de massamedia in de late twintigste eeuw en de opkomst van de sociale media in de 21ste eeuw is het fenomeen fake news buitengewoon groot geworden. Ondanks de recent verhoogde aandacht voor fake news, is het geen nieuw fenomeen. Er wordt aangenomen dat fake news even oud is als de nieuwsmedia zelf (Burkhardt, 2017). De verspreiding van fake news blijft ook niet zonder gevolgen. Fake news kan bijvoorbeeld schadelijk zijn voor de volksgezondheid (denk maar aan foutieve berichtgeving omtrent COVID-19-vaccinaties) en voor de democratische rechtsstaat (denk bijvoorbeeld aan het verspreiden van foutieve informatie over de overheid). Een actueel voorbeeld van fake news waren de WhatsApp-en Facebookberichten die werden verspreid met foutieve informatie over het coronavirus. De 'noodberichten' pretendeerden officiële informatie te zijn uit naam van de overheid, maar ze bevatten foutieve medische informatie en incorrecte tot zelfs gevaarlijke preventietips (Verheyden, 2020). Voor de meeste burgers zijn media de belangrijkste informatiebron als het gaat over berichtgeving over criminaliteit. De vraag stelt zich of mensen zich (onnodig) onveiliger gaan voelen door (foutieve) mediaberichtgeving over criminaliteit. Uit verschillende wetenschappelijke studies is immers gebleken dat media en angst Dit artikel uit Tijdschrift voor Veiligheid is gepubliceerd door Boom criminologie en is bestemd voor anonieme bezoeker

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“…Beck considers that modern age risks are socially constructed and that, therefore, the perception of some risks is unsuitable, having in mind that their danger is augmented because of media reports, just like in the case of terrorism 46 . Perceiving terrorism as a threat to oneself serves as perhaps the most abstract form of fear of violence, at least from the premise of it being the least likely form of violence victimization 47 .…”

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Discourse on modern terrorism

Ilić¹

2021

Crimen

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In this paper author discusses the characteristics of discourse on modern terrorism. When it comes to the terrorism ordinary people gain knowledge mostly through media. The influence of specific image of terrorism is not limited to citizens who live in countries which faced with a terrorist threat or concrete attack but goes further to the different part of the world, some of them very far from the possibility of terrorist attack. Demystification of discourse on modern terrorism begins with analysis of the phenomenological dimension of modern terrorism, in terms of being defined and assigned. We can talk about two different approaches: older and newer, in understanding the terrorism. The new approach gains momentum with the events of 11 September and took shape after similar events on European continent. At the core of understanding of modern terrorism is the discourse on religious-based Islamic terrorism. Specific discourse on modern terrorism affects how it is understood by the general public, and it influences, in particular, the creation of stereotypes about a modern terrorists and the spread of fear of terrorism. The formation and maintenance of stereotypes about modern terrorism, which emphasizes the role of Islam and members of the Islamic community in planning and carrying out terrorist actions, creates a growing gap among people, especially in countries affected by terrorist attacks. The discourse on modern terrorism also implies an appropriate perception of the risk of terrorism all over the world. From that point of view risk of terrorism is real and constant. Similar situation is in Serbia and in that sense the results of limited research about perception of terrorism in Serbia presented in work show to a certain extant the existence of such global influence.

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Crime News Consumption and Fear of Violence: The Role of Traditional Media, Social Media, and Alternative Information Sources

Cited by 35 publications

References 51 publications

The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

The Moderating Effects of Social Media Activities on the Relationship Between Effort-Reward Imbalance and Health and Wellbeing: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry in Malaysia

If it was shared on Facebook and Twitter, then it must be true. Een kwantitatief onderzoek naar de relatie tussen fake news en angst voor criminaliteit

Discourse on modern terrorism

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